THIS Is Going To Be The Biggest Travel Trend Of 2018

Are you planning a holiday this year? (Of course you are, what a silly question).

Your trip might be one of the thousands that comprise the biggest travel trend of next year, according to booking.com. The website has predicted that the most popular trend of 2018 will be pop culture travel, with some 47% of holiday makers choosing to craft their vacation around their favourite television shows and movies.

This ties into the overall trend, the website says, of experiential travel. Some 57% of travellers prefer to make memories and see extraordinary things, rather than indulge their materialistic side. And for many, travel allows Australians the chance to get up and close and personal with some of their favourite pieces of popular culture.

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So what are the television shows that are inspiring travellers to book their next holiday?

It's no surprise that Game of Thrones comes out at the top of the list. A third of all people surveyed mentioned that they wanted to visit the HBO series' filming locations in 2018.

These include such far-flung destinations as icy, glacial Iceland, where the scenes north of the Wall are filmed, Dubrovnik in Croatia, which stands in for King's Landing, and Belfast in Northern Ireland, where several of the more rural Westerosian moments are set.

'Game of Thrones' fans should put Dubrovnik at the top of their travel bucket list. Photo: iStockSource:Whimn

The Crown comes in second, with 20% of travellers hoping to visit the palaces and castles featured in Netflix's lavish royal family drama. Unfortunately, the filming locations don't include Buckingham Palaceor Windsor Castle. (Even Netflix can wrangle that.)

So Lancaster House, on Pall Mall in London, stands in for Buckingham Palace, and is only a stone's throw away if you want to visit both in one day. Ely Cathedral is the replacement for Westminster Abbey, which features in both season one and two for both the Queen and Princess Margaret's marriages. And the art deco masterpiece Eltham House in South London was used in scenes featuring fashion designer Norman Hartnell and the Queen's quarters on the Royal Yacht Britannia.

Interiors were shot at Lancaster House. Photo: NetflixSource:Whimn

Surprisingly, Sherlock comes in third, even though that show is only sporadically on-air. Blame it on the Cumberbitches, but the show has a fervent fan base, some 15% of whom would travel purely to see where major scenes were filmed.

Much of the show is actually shot in Cardiff, not in London, but any kind of Sherlock-themed tour is not complete with a visit to the Sherlock Holmes museum on Baker Street - at 221B, of course - in Marylebone.

For the rest of your Sherlock highlights reel tour, why not choose your favourite episode and plan accordingly. Speedy's Cafe, for example, where Sherlock and Watson congregate so frequently, is a real corner shop you can visit in Camden. Bristol South Swimming Pool is where you might find Moriarty, as Sherlock did in the finale of season one.

Outside of Europe, travellers are keen to experience the locations from Entourage (11%), Ballers (14%) and Billions (10%).

Then there's The Sinner, the new Netflix show that was primarily filmed in upstate New York in the Hudson Valley. Minnewaska State Park Reserve serves as the stunning picnic location where Core Tannetti (Jessica Biel) and her family spend the day before a murder is committed on the shoreline. Haverstraw, a quaint little town on the Hudson River, provides the backdrop to the show's main action, and Fitzpatrick's Pub, a local hangout in the Hudson Valley, is where some of the show's bar scenes were filmed.

What's your favourite television show? And would you travel just to see some of its most famous locations?